I'm on day 11 of the onset of COVID, and I'm not yet feeling 100 percent of myself.
At my lowest, I was in bed for about five days, unable to smell or taste anything. Those senses returned last Friday, but recovery has continued extremely slowly. My head feels tight. My throat feels "chunky." I'm coughing, and my energy is low. I'm not contagious though. On Monday I exercised, and then went to ukulele club, feeling listless and unable to sing all the songs. Today I decided not to take my usual power walk, and went only to Big Cypress Quilters. I'll feel better eventually.
I've hand pieced 77 Inner City blocks now, and don't know when I'll stop. At some point I have to figure out how big this quilt will be. Then I'll have to start joining blocks!
It's been wonderful to cut nearly all these units from solid scraps stored in my plastic shoeboxes. Such a satisfying feeling of using-up.
I've also spent some quiet, productive time with my sewing machine. This is the quilt top made from blocks pieced during two different workshops with Cindy Grisdella. It's about 65" X 70".
The video refreshed my memory about how best to fuse and appliqué. I did just that, adding more confetti dots to blank spaces. Now I think it looks like a party!
From a distance, pieced and fused dots don't look different, but I'm sure you can see them up-close.
I'm anticipating that quilting will meld any visible differences in techniques.
Book Recommendations
If you're wondering whether I've been reading books in January, let me say, I have. At the moment, I'm listening to my eighth audiobook this month.
However, I've decided to discontinue written reviews of each title. The reason is that reviews are my least favorite part of writing a blog post.
Since 2020, I have posted written reviews of 446 books!
Although some of you may be disappointed about my decision, I hope I won't lose you completely. Instead of a review for each book, somewhere near the end of each month, I'll post a list of titles, authors, and scores I've given to that month's books.
Good Food
When my taste buds returned, hubs made a much-appreciated homemade pizza. Each one he makes is impressive - visually.
Every morsel tasted delicious.
Quilt Show
This coming Friday and Saturday, January 24-25 is the biannual Showcase of Quilts put on by Quilting Guild of The Villages. With more than 1200 members in the guild (in 29 chapters), you can be sure quilt styles cover the spectrum. Members are limited to showing two quilts, unless they've made a challenge quilt, or have completed a quilt started during a guild workshop.
If you're near the Villages, Florida, Showcase is at Rohan and Seabreeze Recreation Centers. Friday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Saturday 9AM to 4 PM
Admission to both locations is $15, and good for both days.
If you'd like to see quilts in the Modern Category, they'll be shown at Seabreeze Rec Center, in the large auditorium room. Two of my quilts will be displayed there. Linda
So sorry Covid got such a strong hold on you! Hoping you'll feel more like yourself soon!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to read that you have been laid low with Covid, there is still plenty of it around everywhere. You must have been feeling miserable to need five days in bed. We both contacted it last year for the first time and it took about 12 days till we tested clear, so made sure we stayed tucked up inside. Hope you are feeling much better soon.
ReplyDeleteI often didn’t read your book reviews but always loved seeing which were your favorites/highest ranked and read many of your recommendations based on that, so this works great for me! I can wait a whole month 😊. (The only reason I didn’t read the actual reviews was in case of spoilers of any sort!) I hope you feel better soon and that your throat isn’t as sore as mine was when I had COVID.
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